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The headstone of Army Col. Paul Michael Kelly is surrounded by flowers and an American flag at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

100 faces of war gives soldiers a voice

From his small studio in Amherst, Mass., painter Matthew Mitchell felt disconnected from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore, he's painting 100 portraits of people who have served in these wars.

NPR

Special section:

US war casualties

CNN

50 percent: Memorial Day most important

Rasmussen Reports

Gender gap in higher education growing

In less than a decade women will account for 59 percent of undergraduate enrollment and 61 percent of graduate enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities, a new report shows.

EducationNews.org

Next steps to confront the big spill

With the failure of "top kill," Gulf residents look for an end to an economic catastrophe.

CBS News

Early worries about rig safety

New York Times

Critters of the Gulf oil spill

TIME

What went wrong with 'top kill'

CNN

Chinese premier calls for Korean calm

The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, warned of an urgent need to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula, but appeared to brush off calls to take a tougher line towards North Korea.

Guardian

China stays neutral on North Korea

BBC

Paying a price for risky schemes

In the wake of the economic meltdown of the past two years, investors and governments across the globe are paying the price for their embrace of exotic, high-risk derivative securities.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

NATION

Builder's secret: bad Chinese drywall

A leading homebuilder learned that the Chinese-manufactured drywall it had installed was emitting foul odors, according to documents obtained by the Herald-Tribune and ProPublica.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Blog:

Some Chinese drywall cases settled

Press-Register

Lawyers offer lower fees in 9/11 case

Lawyers for thousands of ground zero workers suing over their exposure to World Trade Center dust have offered to lower their legal fees in an attempt to save a major settlement in the case.

Anchorage Daily News

POLITICS

House ponders just when to wind down unemployment benefits

The House has extended unemployment insurance approximately three times this year, but discussions have begun on how to wind down the benefit.

The Hill

US payrolls climb for 5th straight month

Bloomberg

The perils of crowd sourcing

What happens when the marketplace of ideas meets the free-for-all medium of the Internet? Republicans might be learning the hard way.

Politico

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

It's tough to keep your online rep intact

There are emerging dangers in social networking, as these widening webs enable friends, family and associates to reveal information or opinions that one would rather have kept private.

San Francisco Chronicle

Many line up in Tampa to apply for ABC reality show and shed 200 pounds

Clutching applications and photographs, dozens of people lined up at the Italian Club in Ybor City, Fla., to audition for a new weight-loss reality show.

St. Petersburg Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

From Californians’ DNA, a genome project

Ruth Young is one of more than 130,000 members of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California who have volunteered to have their DNA scanned by machines as part of the largest study of its kind ever.

New York Times

Snails' enhanced memories offer clue to why addiction is hard to control

Memories formed by aquatic snails under the influence of the methamphetamine drug were stronger than those formed under drug-free conditions.

Scientific American

Computer program recognizes sarcasm

Researchers have developed a computer program that can identify sarcasm in online communities with an accuracy rate of about 80 percent.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Geoengineering: 'A bad idea whose time has come'

Some scientists are taking a more radical approach to cooling the Earth's climate, like dumping iron dust into the ocean, hoping to grow algae blooms that suck up carbon.

NPR

Farmers flood fields for birds and profit

Dave Hedlin has taken part in an experiment that contradicts everything he's known about farming: He will flood about 20 acres to provide habitat for shorebirds, in hopes of more productive farmland.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

God enters Ind. graduation

Commencement at a central Indiana high school that was the subject of a lawsuit by its valedictorian over a graduation prayer has taken place without students or staff praying aloud.

WIBC

Will school reforms help education?

Under newly unveiled plans, the school system in England and Wales will be radically overhauled. Some will break away from local government control.

Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Future pope refused defrocking of convicted priest

The future Pope Benedict XVI refused to defrock an American priest who confessed to molesting numerous children and even served prison time for it, simply because the cleric wouldn’t agree to the discipline.

Boston Herald

What happens when the Dalai Lama dies?

As the man at the center of the Tibetan exile movement approaches his 75th birthday, the question has become impossible to escape: What happens after the Dalai Lama dies?

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Cancer patients see hope in drug salvage initiative

Scores of cancer patients are being given fresh hope as part of a pioneering project to rescue potentially life-saving medicines from drug company vaults.

The Independent

Silicon Valley spirit shoots for the moon in Google contest

Will Baird has been fascinated with outer space ever since he was a little kid. Now he plans to put all that daydreaming to use by shooting a contraption into the heavens and landing it softly on the moon.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Deadly storm strikes Guatemala

A powerful tropical storm has struck Guatemala, bringing torrential rains that have added to the disruption caused by an erupting volcano.

BBC

Ash coats airport in Guatemala

Reuters

Gaza aid flotilla leaves Cyprus

A flotilla of ships sailing towards Gaza with aid and activists on board has left Cyprus and will soon reach its destination.

BBC

Report: Abbas plans to visit Gaza

Jerusalem Post

Aid ships poised to defy Gaza blockade

YouTube

BUSINESS

Colorado's small businesses are big players in a recovery

When it comes to job growth in Colorado, no one does it like small business. Companies with fewer than 500 employees created 86 percent of the state's new private-sector jobs from 2003 to 2006.

Denver Post

Feds close 5 banks in 3 states

Regulators shut down three banks in Florida and one each in Nevada and California, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 78.

Buffalo News

HEALTH

The hard sell on salt

With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation’s health, the food giant Cargill kicked off a campaign last November to spread its own message.

New York Times

WHO seeks clampdown on tobacco ads targeting women

The World Health Organization called for more action against tobacco advertising that targets women and girls, especially in developing countries.

Reuters

Acupuncture's painkilling secret

Newly published research indicates that acupuncture needles cause tissue damage that stimulate cells to produce adenosine, an anti-inflammatory chemical.

Guardian

SPORTS

Tomas Kopecky goal gives Blackhawks Game 1 win

The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers waged a Stanley Cup opener that was a wild and sloppy, high-scoring, up-and-down game with five lead changes and a winning goal from an unlikely hero.

Sporting News

Lakers take out Suns to set up Finals showdown with Celtics

Ron Artest followed the highlight of his topsy-turvy season with the Los Angeles Lakers with yet another.

USA TODAY

Suns' run

NBA.com

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